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The High Court has refused a prisoner's bid for release in the wake of the suspended sentences ruling, The Irish Times reports. The ruling, in what is widely seen as an important test case, saw Mr Justice Paul McDermott refuse Paul Clarke's attempts to secure release on the basis that he is not bein

Dr Louise Kennefick Irish law lecturers Dr Louise Kennefick and Dr Deidre Healy have presented a joint paper on probation in Ireland at the conference of a European Society of Criminology working group.

An open letter signed by a number of civic society organisations has urged the Government to take new Amnesty International research on sex work into account while drafting legislation on the subject. The letter, published in today's edition of The Irish Times, is signed by representatives of Sex Wo

Dublin firm Matheson is celebrating a win in two categories at the International Tax Review European Tax Awards ceremony in London.

The Crown Court for Northern Ireland has fined a company and two of its directors £40,000 and £1,000 each respectively for the unlawful deposit of waste. The offences related to land owned by Thomas and Gary Bates, directors of Ace Bates Skip Hire Limited, on which they had received permission to

Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell, a judge of the Supreme Court since 2010, delivered this year's John M Kelly Memorial Lecture at UCD Sutherland School of Law.

Ray Friel, director of research at University of Limerick's Law School Ray Friel, director of research at University of Limerick's Law School, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the Judicial Studies Institute Journal.

Laura Gillespie, regulatory partner and data protection legal expert at Pinsent Masons A junior Department of Justice official accidentally sent the names and birthdates of Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) staff to a private contractor, it has emerged.

Dr John McCartney, director of research at estate agents Savills Ireland Irish residential property prices rose by 7.1 per cent in the year to April 2016, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Public confidence in Northern Ireland's criminal justice system did not change last year, according to a Department of Justice survey. Interviews conducted over the twelve months to December 2015 found that 43.3 per cent of respondents were confident that the criminal justice system as a whole is ef

The European Council has adopted a directive setting out rules for the protection of trade secrets of EU companies as well as investigative journalists and whistle blowers. The directive lays down common measures against the unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure of trade secrets but will also “

Derry and Strabane District Council has become the first local authority in Northern Ireland to introduce a blanket ban on circuses with performing animals using council-owned land. The council will not allow any animal circuses on its property, which campaigners have said is "the first step towards

Pictured (l-r): Olivia Meehan, legal services director; Jonathan McKeown, chairman; and Maurece Hutchinson, managing director Belfast- and Newry-based JMK Solicitors handled 1,240 road traffic personal injury cases last year, making them Northern Ireland's leading road traffic special injury claims

The High Court declared that section 99 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 is unconstitutional in a judgment delivered last month and published in full yesterday. Mr Justice Moriarty noted that the section had had a relatively chequered history, as judges around Ireland attempted to navigate situation

Taoiseach Enda Kenny Taoiseach Enda Kenny has acceded to requests by former Justice Minister Alan Shatter to correct the Dáil record relating his resignation.